Social Scientist The Past and the Future of the Socialist Project Prabhat Patnaik 3 Rambling Thoughts . . . Mrinal Sen 19 Dynamics of the Social Structure of Indian Rural Society G.G. Kotovsky 27 National Policy for Women in India 1996: A Critique Saraswati Haider 38 Discussion: Marx, Althusser and the Question of Tower: In Lieu of a Rejoinder Aditya Nigam 64 BOOK REVIEW 72 286-87